| Newly Elected Bishops (156) | Elected | Consecrated |
 Bishop Sofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian Rite)former Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) | 1968 | 1968.11.30 |
  Bishop Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado (97)Bishop emeritus of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica) | 1968.01.05 | 1968.03.08 |
 Bishop Dennis Walter Hickeyformer Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester (USA) | 1968.01.05 | 1968.03.14 |
| Bishop Raymond James Vonesh former Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA) | 1968.01.05 | 1968.04.03 |
| Bishop John Edgar McCafferty former Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester (USA) | 1968.01.05 | 1968.06.14 |
 Bishop Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J.former Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) | 1968.01.08 | 1968.03.25 |
 Bishop André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp.former Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon) | 1968.01.11 | 1968.03.19 |
 Bishop Joseph Sipendiformer Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania) | 1968.01.11 | 1968.03.24 |
 Bishop Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp.former Bishop of Makurdi (Nigeria) | 1968.01.11 | 1968.03.29 |
 Bishop Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr.former Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria) | 1968.01.11 | 1968.05.19 |
 Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M.former Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio former Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) | 1968.01.11 | 1968.05.29 |
 Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B.former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto former Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua) | 1968.01.18 | 1968.03.31 |
 Bishop John McCormackformer Bishop of Meath (Ireland) | 1968.01.29 | 1968.03.10 |
 Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenasformer Bishop of Linares (Chile) | 1968.01.31 | 1968.03.03 |
 Archbishop Austin-Emile Burkeformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Halifax (Canada) | 1968.02.01 | 1968.05.14 |
 Bishop Luigi Bongianinoformer Bishop of Tortona (Italy) | 1968.02.02 | 1968.03.24 |
| Archbishop Guerino Grimaldi former Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy) | 1968.02.02 | 1968.04.21 |
| Bishop Pietro Gazzoli former Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy) | 1968.02.03 | 1968.03.19 |
 Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm.former Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) | 1968.02.03 | 1968.03.19 |
 Archbishop Blas Victorio Conreroformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Tucumán (Argentina) | 1968.02.03 | 1968.04.21 |
 Bishop Bienvenido Solon Tudtudformer Bishop-Prelate of Marawi (Philippines) | 1968.02.05 | 1968.03.24 |
| Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) former Prefect of Congregation for Clergy | 1968.02.05 | 1968.05.12 |
 Bishop Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M.former Vicar Apostolic of Mogadishu (Somalia) | 1968.02.16 | 1968.05.23 |
 Archbishop Michel-Gaspard Coppenrathformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Papeete (French Polynesia) | 1968.02.16 | 1968.06.03 |
 Bishop Joseph Mahn Erieformer Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar) | 1968.02.16 | 1968.06.12 |
 Bishop Piotr Bednarczykformer Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) | 1968.02.21 | 1968.04.21 |
 Archbishop Jean Jadotformer Pro-President of Secretariat for Non-Christians | 1968.02.23 | 1968.05.01 |
| Cardinal Lorenzo Antonetti former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone pro hac vice Title former Pontifical Legate for the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi | 1968.02.23 | 1968.05.12 |
| Bishop Godofredo Pedernal Pisig former Bishop of Borongan (Philippines) | 1968.02.26 | 1968.05.18 |
 Bishop Vekoslav Grmicformer Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia) | 1968.02.27 | 1968.04.21 |
 Bishop Francis Jules Joseph Marie Barbuformer Bishop of Quimper (France) | 1968.02.28 | 1968.05.12 |
 Archbishop René Fernández Apazaformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) | 1968.03.02 | 1968.04.21 |
 Bishop Joseph Babana (Chaldean Rite)former Bishop of Zaku of the Chaldeans (Iraq) | 1968.03.07 | 1968.09.15 |
| Bishop Thomas John Gumbleton former Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) | 1968.03.08 | 1968.05.01 |
| Bishop Walter Joseph Schoenherr former Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) | 1968.03.08 | 1968.05.01 |
| Bishop Benjamin de Souza Gomes former Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil) | 1968.03.11 | 1968.06.09 |
 Bishop Félix Ley (フェリックス・レイ), O.F.M. Cap.former Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 (Japan) | 1968.03.11 | 1968.06.09 |
 Archbishop Christophe Adimouformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin) | 1968.03.11 | 1968.07.25 |
 Bishop Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap.former Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela) | 1968.03.11 | 1968.07.28 |
 Cardinal Johannes Joachim Degenhardtformer Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany) | 1968.03.12 | 1968.05.01 |
| Bishop John Joseph Cassata former Bishop of Fort Worth (USA) | 1968.03.12 | 1968.06.05 |
| Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida former Bishop of San Bernardo (Chile) | 1968.03.13 | 1968.05.19 |
| Bishop Jean-François Étienne Motte, O.F.M. former Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai (France) | 1968.03.16 | 1968.05.19 |
 Bishop Serafín Vásquez Elizaldeformer Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico) | 1968.03.16 | 1968.05.29 |
| Bishop Jan Nowicki former Titular Bishop of Pupiana former Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Ukraine) | 1968.03.23 | 1968.06.02 |
| Bishop Maurice John Dingman former Bishop of Des Moines (USA) | 1968.04.02 | 1968.06.19 |
| Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington former Bishop of Worcester (USA) | 1968.04.02 | 1968.07.02 |
| Archbishop Francisco Raval Cruces former Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines) | 1968.04.02 | 1968.07.24 |
| Bishop Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. former Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) | 1968.04.08 | 1968.06.29 |
 Bishop Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P.former Bishop of Mananjary (Madagascar) | 1968.04.09 | 1968.06.23 |
 Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean (楊瑞元)former Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore) | 1968.04.09 | 1968.07.01 |
 Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomisformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka) | 1968.04.09 | 1968.07.17 |
| Bishop Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. former Bishop of Badulla (Sri Lanka) | 1968.04.09 | 1968.07.17 |
 Bishop Albert Tshomba Yunguformer Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1968.04.09 | 1968.09.15 |
| Bishop Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) | 1968.05.02 | 1968.06.13 |
| Archbishop William Donald Borders former Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA) | 1968.05.02 | 1968.06.14 |
| Bishop Karl Heinz Jacoby former Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) | 1968.05.03 | 1968.06.11 |
| Bishop Alfred Kleinermeilert former Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) | 1968.05.03 | 1968.06.11 |
| Bishop Luis Rojas Mena former Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) | 1968.05.06 | 1968.06.16 |
| Bishop Alfred Leo Abramowicz former Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) | 1968.05.08 | 1968.06.13 |
 Bishop Juan Bockwinckel, S.V.D.former Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay) | 1968.05.11 | 1968.06.23 |
| Bishop Francisco Cedzich, S.V.D. former Bishop-Prelate of Alto Paraná (Paraguay) | 1968.05.11 | 1968.06.23 |
 Bishop Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B.former Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay) | 1968.05.18 | 1968.06.29 |
| Bishop Roger-Alfred Despatie former Bishop of Hearst (Canada) | 1968.05.20 | 1968.06.28 |
| Archbishop Jorge Manuel López former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina) | 1968.05.20 | 1968.08.15 |
 Cardinal Friedrich Wetter (98)Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of München und Freising (Germany) | 1968.05.28 | 1968.06.29 |
| Bishop Alois Brems former Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany) | 1968.05.28 | 1968.07.06 |
| Bishop Henri Lugagne-Delpon former Bishop of Pamiers (France) | 1968.05.31 | 1968.07.02 |
 Bishop José Cerviño Cerviñoformer Bishop of Tui–Vigo (Spain) | 1968.06.04 | 1968.07.28 |
 Cardinal Bernard Agréformer Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto former Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) | 1968.06.08 | 1968.10.03 |
 Archbishop Daniel Anthony Cronin (98)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA) | 1968.06.10 | 1968.09.12 |
| Bishop William Michael Cosgrove former Bishop of Belleville (USA) | 1968.06.12 | 1968.09.03 |
| Bishop Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad former Bishop of Maasin (Philippines) | 1968.06.17 | 1968.08.08 |
| Bishop Porfirio Rivera Iligan former Bishop of Masbate (Philippines) | 1968.06.17 | 1968.09.03 |
 Bishop Enrique Pélach y Feliúformer Bishop of Abancay (Peru) | 1968.06.20 | 1968.07.14 |
| Bishop Paul John O’Byrne former Bishop of Calgary (Canada) | 1968.06.20 | 1968.08.22 |
| Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick former Bishop of Brownsville (USA) | 1968.06.24 | 1968.08.28 |
| Bishop Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger former Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany) | 1968.07.03 | 1968.09.14 |
| Bishop Ernst Tewes, C.O. former Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany) | 1968.07.03 | 1968.09.14 |
 Bishop Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầuformer Bishop of Vinh Long (Vietnam) | 1968.07.12 | 1968.09.12 |
 Bishop Cesare Asiliformer Bishop of Lira (Uganda) | 1968.07.12 | 1968.10.27 |
| Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman former Bishop of Raleigh (USA) | 1968.07.15 | 1968.09.11 |
| Bishop Francis John Mugavero former Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) | 1968.07.15 | 1968.09.12 |
 Bishop Pierre Mamieformer Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland) | 1968.07.15 | 1968.10.06 |
| Bishop Paul Francis Anderson former Bishop of Duluth (USA) former Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) | 1968.07.19 | 1968.10.17 |
| Archbishop José Méndez Asensio former Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) | 1968.07.22 | 1968.09.03 |
| Bishop Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. former Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil) | 1968.07.24 | 1968.09.12 |
| Bishop Joseph Crescent McKinney former Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) | 1968.07.24 | 1968.09.26 |
| Bishop Ramón Malla Call former Bishop of Lleida (Spain) | 1968.07.24 | 1968.10.27 |
| Bishop Michael Joseph Dudick (Ruthenian Rite) former Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA) | 1968.07.29 | 1968.10.24 |
| Bishop Giuseppe Martinoli former Bishop of Lugano (Switzerland) | 1968.07.30 | 1968.09.15 |
 Bishop Joseph Chang Byung-hwa (장병화 요셉)former Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea) | 1968.08.03 | 1968.10.07 |
 Bishop Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C.former Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh) | 1968.08.03 | 1968.11.17 |
| Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony former Bishop of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka) | 1968.08.03 | 1968.11.21 |
| Archbishop Benvenuto Matteucci former Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) | 1968.08.15 | 1968.09.21 |
| Bishop Arthur Joseph O’Neill former Bishop of Rockford (USA) | 1968.08.19 | 1968.10.11 |
 Archbishop Denys Philippe Beilouné (Syriac Rite)former Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) | 1968.08.19 | 1969.01.12 |
| Archbishop Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal (Syriac Rite) former Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (Syria) | 1968.08.20 | 1968.10.12 |
| Archbishop Girolamo Prigione former Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum | 1968.08.27 | 1968.11.24 |
 Bishop Phocas Nikwigizeformer Bishop of Ruhengeri (Rwanda) | 1968.09.05 | 1968.11.30 |
 Bishop Ronald Austin Mulkearnsformer Bishop of Ballarat (Australia) | 1968.09.05 | 1968.12.04 |
| Archbishop Michael Rozario former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) | 1968.09.05 | 1968.12.08 |
 Archbishop Joachim N’Dayenformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic) | 1968.09.05 | 1969.01.05 |
 Bishop Stanislas Kaburungu (90)Bishop emeritus of Ngozi (Burundi) | 1968.09.05 | 1969.01.25 |
| Bishop Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu former Bishop of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1968.09.05 | 1969.01.25 |
| Bishop Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu former Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1968.09.05 | 1969.02.02 |
| Bishop Karl Borromäus Flügel former Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) | 1968.09.07 | 1968.10.07 |
 Archbishop Saba Youakim, B.S. (Greek-Melkite Rite)former Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) | 1968.09.09 | 1968.09.29 |
 Archbishop Joseph-Marie Raya (Greek-Melkite Rite)former Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel) | 1968.09.09 | 1968.10.20 |
| Archbishop Boutros Raï, B.A. (Greek-Melkite Rite) former Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México of the Greek-Melkites (Mexico) | 1968.09.09 | 1968.11.10 |
 Archbishop Paul Antaki (Greek-Melkite Rite)former Protosyncellus of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt) | 1968.09.09 | 1968.12.01 |
| Bishop Guglielmo Giaquinta former Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) | 1968.09.24 | 1968.11.01 |
 Archbishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M.former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) | 1968.09.26 | 1968.12.03 |
| Bishop Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. (94) Titular Bishop of Tauriano Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino (Italy) | 1968.09.26 | 1968.12.08 |
| Bishop Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M. former Bishop of Tôlagnaro (Madagascar) | 1968.09.26 | 1969.01.12 |
| Bishop Joseph A. Carroll former Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) | 1968.10.04 | 1968.12.10 |
| Archbishop Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada) | 1968.10.05 | 1968.11.23 |
 Archbishop Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M.former Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) | 1968.10.11 | 1968.12.07 |
| Bishop Wolfgang Große former Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany) | 1968.10.12 | 1968.12.08 |
| Archbishop Ferdinando Palatucci former Archbishop of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy) | 1968.10.12 | 1968.12.22 |
| Bishop Ovidio Lari former Bishop of Aosta (Italy) | 1968.10.15 | 1968.11.30 |
| Archbishop Ferdinando Lambruschini former Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia (Italy) former Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy) | 1968.10.15 | 1968.12.08 |
 Bishop Hendrik Hubert Frehen, S.M.M.former Bishop of Reykjavík (Iceland) | 1968.10.18 | 1968.12.08 |
 Bishop Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé (95)Bishop emeritus of Diébougou (Burkina Faso) | 1968.10.18 | 1969.01.18 |
| Bishop Livio Maritano former Bishop of Acqui (Italy) | 1968.10.19 | 1968.12.15 |
| Archbishop Ramón Torrella Cascante former Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) | 1968.10.22 | 1968.12.14 |
| Bishop José Capmany Casamitjana former Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) | 1968.10.22 | 1968.12.14 |
| Bishop Ramón Daumal Serra former Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) | 1968.10.22 | 1968.12.14 |
| Bishop José María Guix Ferreres former Bishop of Vic (Spain) | 1968.10.22 | 1968.12.14 |
| Bishop Józef Rozwadowski former Bishop of Łódź (Poland) | 1968.10.29 | 1968.11.24 |
| Bishop Edward Henryk Materski former Bishop of Radom (Poland) | 1968.10.29 | 1968.12.22 |
| Bishop Salvatore Di Salvo former Bishop of Nicosia (Italy) | 1968.10.31 | 1968.12.21 |
| Bishop Paul-Louis Carrière former Bishop of Laval (France) | 1968.11.05 | 1969.01.11 |
| Bishop Abel Costas Montaño former Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia) | 1968.11.11 | 1969.01.06 |
| Bishop Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque former Bishop of Tarija (Bolivia) | 1968.11.11 | 1969.01.06 |
| Bishop Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff former Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia) | 1968.11.11 | 1969.01.06 |
 Bishop Colin Aloysius MacPhersonformer Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland) | 1968.12.02 | 1969.02.06 |
 Archbishop José Mario Ruiz Navasformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) | 1968.12.05 | 1969.01.12 |
| Bishop Ireneo García Alonso former Bishop of Albacete (Spain) | 1968.12.07 | 1969.01.25 |
| Bishop Miguel Moncadas Noguera former Bishop of Solsona (Spain) | 1968.12.11 | 1969.02.02 |
| Archbishop Szczepan Wesoły former Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) | 1968.12.11 | 1969.02.07 |
| Archbishop Antonio Maria Travia former Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities | 1968.12.16 | 1969.01.06 |
| Bishop Matthieu Kanyama former Bishop of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa) | 1968.12.16 | 1969.01.06 |
| Bishop André Bernard Michel Quélen former Bishop of Moulins (France) | 1968.12.16 | 1969.01.06 |
 Bishop Joseph Grayformer Bishop of Shrewsbury (England) | 1968.12.19 | 1969.02.16 |
| Bishop Abraham Than former Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar) | 1968.12.19 | 1969.05.11 |
 Archbishop Donatus Djagom, S.V.D.former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia) | 1968.12.19 | 1969.06.11 |
 Archbishop Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainteformer Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique) | 1968.12.19 | 1969.10.12 |
| Archbishop Raymond Philip Etteldorf former Secretary of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | 1968.12.21 | 1969.01.06 |
| Bishop Józef Gucwa former Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) | 1968.12.21 | 1969.01.26 |
| Archbishop Eugène-Marie Ernoult former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) | 1968.12.23 | 1969.01.06 |
| Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus former Pro-President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | 1968.12.24 | 1969.01.06 |
| Bishop Thomas Benjamin Fulton former Bishop of Saint Catharines (Canada) | 1968.12.28 | 1969.01.06 |
| Bishop Bernard Joseph McLaughlin former Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (USA) | 1968.12.28 | 1969.01.06 |
| Bishop Sabás Magaña García former Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico) | 1968.12.30 | 1969.01.06 |
| Bishop Antonio Alfredo Brasca former Bishop of Rafaela (Argentina) | 1968.12.30 | 1969.03.16 |
